Waitress Doris meets a stranger on a train to Leipzig. This well-dressed thirty-something man decides to follow her, as they are drawn to each other, but neither seem prepared to admit to their loneliness.
Social & External
The people behind it
Christoph Bach
Karl
Jule Böwe
Doris
Walter Kreye
Ralf Brockmann
David Scheller
Sandro
Dirk Borchardt
Zuhälter Osman
Karl-Fred Müller
Postbote
Daniela Schober
Mandy
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